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別の表記

• turtle-dove, turtledove

語源

From 中期英語 turtildove, turteldoufe (cognate with Old High German turtultūba, turtulatūba, turtiltūba, Middle High German turteltūbe, türteltūbe, German Turteltaube; German Low German Turtelduuv, Dutch tortelduif, Faroese turtildúgva, Icelandic turtildúfa), Danish turteldue, Norwegian Bokmål turteldue, Norwegian Nynorsk turteldue, Swedish turturduva. The first element is from Latin turtur (“turtledove”) (compare the archaic synonym turtle (“turtle dove (bird)”); the word is not related to turtle (“reptile with a shell”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈtɜːtəldʌv/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈtɝtəldʌv/

名詞

turtle dove (plural turtle doves)

1. Any of several (species of) birds, called by this traditional name, mainly in the genus Streptopelia, of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons, which also included the extinct passenger pigeon, dodo, and solitaire).
2. A lover, one half of a couple.
   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

     […] and then on a common impulse this curiously simple pair of habitual criminals were in each other's arms and exchanging fond kisses for all the world like honest lovers.
     "Hullo, turtle doves," remarked Nickle, stumbling in upon this idyll and accepting it with saving coolness.

   • 1961, 101 Dalmatians:

     Out for their evening constitutional. A lovely pair of turtledoves. Around the jolly corner, and off to the park.

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